sierraman Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Seen a few of these obvious rip off impact wrenches for the £60 mark on eBay. How shit are they likely to be. Wouldn’t be using it for hub nuts or crank bolts - I’ve the big fuck off one for that. Just handy to have a cordless one. Thoughts?
Snipes Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 I think a better bet would be a genuine body only took with knock-off batteries. Unless you're really unlucky, they generally do ok. Not great, but ok.
clayts450 Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 I've just taken delivery of my 28 quid wonder from Singapore this morning, only took 8 days to get here. Gonna ease it in gently tomorrow on some exhaust bolts. Replica of the DTW285 so pretty petite. Knock-off everything here - wrench, battery and charger. Suspect I'll be lucky if everything is still working by New Year's Eve..... OMG I'VE BEEN PAPPED (vape pen and charging cable for phone not included in the box) sierraman, The Moog and somewhatfoolish 3
Floatylight Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 Just ordered one of these for £45Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk
Mally Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 We use a Neilsen, cost about £65, does Ford wheels nuts for fun with us. They have Li-ion batteries on now though. Cheapest seems to be around £90. The gun body looks the same as ours. Actually looks like floaty's, but blue or green ish. Previously had a Clarke, about £135? Nielsen was just as good.
Twisterboy Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 I recently purchased one from EBay and it plugs into the 12v socket, let's just say it's not worth it. You still have to use a breaker bar to loosen the nut in which time you could still use the bar to remove said wheel nuts.
Spurious Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 AvE has you covered. In short it's not too bad and will probably be alright for light duty use. skattrd 1
skattrd Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 I was thinking about these recently, but for light use you can get a 3/8" drive Makita from Amazon for £40 (ex battery/charger) or a Milwaukee for nearer £100 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-TW100DZ-Cordless-8-inch-Impact/dp/B00604LU9Uhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Milwaukee-M12BIW38-0-8-inch-Compact-Impact/dp/B00IQ7KYUA For a cheap powerful one I think corded is the way to go, as FL did.
sierraman Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 I’ve got a corded one, it will undo pretty much anything. But I fancied a cordless for away from the house jobs. Scrapyard etc.
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